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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.

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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
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You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.
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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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